Improvement in driving-rein holders



M. WHIPPLE.

Rein-Holder. No. 57,803. Patented Sept. 4,-1866.

N. PETERS. PHOTO-LITHOGRAFHER. WASHlNGTON u c,

UNITED STATES PATEMFFIGE.

MILTON WHIPPLE, OF MEDINA, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN DRIVING-REIN HOLDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 57,803, dated September 4, 1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MILTON WHIPPLE, of Medina, in the county of Orleans and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Device for Holding Driving-Reins; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation of the device. Fig. 2 is a top View. Fig. 3 a perspective View, showing the device when in use.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

My invention is designed for holding the driving-reins while the driver of a carriage temporarily leaves the same.

This invention consists in a device composed of a vibrating spring attached to a bed-plate, between which spring and the plate the reins may be readily inserted, and thereby held and prevented from getting under the horses feet or otherwise entangled while the driver temporarily leaves the carriage.

A designates the bed-plate, which may be of metal or wood, and of any appropriate form.

B is the spring. This is connected to the. bed-plate A at one of its ends in any suitable manner, as shown at to, Figs. 1 and 2. This spring carries a ring or thumb-piece, b, which may be taken hold of to the more readily insert or withdraw the reins.

The bed-plate A may be secured to the dashboard of the carriage on the inner side thereof, or that facing the occupant of the carriage, as shown in Fig. 3.

When it is desired to secure the reins they are to be drawn between the spring B and bed-plate A, (which can be done by inserting them under the lower end of the spring B and drawing them toward the center of the plate,)

.where they will beheld securely.

Bythis simpleinvention a great annoyance, caused by the reins getting entangled or under the horses feet on leaving a carriage temporarily, will be entirely avoided.

hat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The device herein described, consisting of the parts A and B, constructed so as to operate substantially as described, and' designed for holding the driving-reins of horses while temporarily leaving a carriage.

MILTON WHIPPLE. 

